How Now, Blue Cow?
Democrats need to take a long look within and make some decisions. Hopefully, they've learned that its not enough to be simply against Republicans and expect righteous indignation from their voters to propel to national leadership. They can take heart that many of the "red" states (FR color scheme not withstanding) are really more purple than not. While they can probably write off much of the solid south (Nixon is laughing somewhere.......probably somewhere with lots of heat and brimstone) but opportunities for gains in both houses of Congress will exist if Democrats can get some focus. Unfortunately, the two parties are involved in what amounts to an "incumbent protection racket" whereby congressional districts are redrawn after each census to make most seats safer and the need for compromise less. Dems missed a real opportunity when the failed to elect Harold Ford of TN as their House leader instead of Nancy "as-liberal-as-Waxman" Pelosi. This signaled business as usual and a failure to learn the lessons Bill Clinton tried to teach them about moving to the center. Americans are at heart fairly pragmatic and would respond over time to seeing the party move that way as the right-wing social conservative Republicans marginalize their Republican moderate bretheren. Will the Dems have the courage to do this, even though it means wiping the table clear of all this nominate Hillary nonsense? If am not hopeful, as yet. It may take some years in the political wilderness before the party as a whole accepts this. It will take a whole league of Obama's to turn this ship around.